The First Matchmaking Meeting between Universities and Enterprises in Medical Device Industry was Successfully Held in Shanghai

With Shanghai's "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Science and Technology Innovation Center with Global Influence" 22 related policies issued, Shanghai's economic transformation and upgrading is further accelerated. The national "scientific and technological innovation drive" and the implementation and promulgation of the "Amendment to the Law on the Promotion of the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements" have also made the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in universities highly valued by all sectors of society, which has provided important impetus and support for economic upgrading and efficiency, and promoted the in-depth docking of industry, universities and research institutes, giving birth to a number of innovative industrial projects. An important issue in the transformation of science and technology industry. Industry-university-research cooperation between universities and enterprises is not only conducive to the coordination and unification of resources, but also enhances the strength of scientific and technological innovation.

Under this background, on October 28, the National Technology Transfer Eastern Center, Shanghai National University Technology Market, Shanghai Medical Device Industry Association and Shanghai Xiaoshi Technology Co. "Close Encounters". It is understood that at present the country's 175,000 medical institutions have medical instruments and equipment about 15% are products before the 1970s, in more than 14,000 manufacturers produce products basically at the level of low- and medium-grade medical equipment. According to the authoritative sources, the gap between the overall level of China's medical equipment and the international advanced level is about 15 years, which is incompatible with China's social progress and the development of medical undertakings, with the urbanization of the countryside and the aging of the population, we feel more strongly to strengthen the scientific and technological innovation of the medical equipment industry. The urgency and necessity of the transformation and industrialization of the scientific and technological achievements of medical devices is greatly enhanced. In the face of the new situation of innovation drive, the implementation of industry-university-research collaboration and innovation cooperation can enable universities and enterprises to give full play to each other's advantages and make up for deficiencies, which plays a positive role in promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of universities and the scientific and technological progress of the medical device industry.

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The conference focused on the medical device industry and invited ten experts and scholars from the medical schools of Fudan University and Jiaotong University and their affiliated hospitals to promote scientific and technological achievements in the field of medical devices. The conference mainly involved minimally invasive surgery, tumor testing reagents, bile duct stents, oxygen supply catheters, etc. Many of these scientific and technological achievements have obtained relevant patents and are in the stage of trial research and development. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the communication and dialogue between universities and enterprises, to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of universities into real productivity through market-oriented and enterprise-oriented path, and to further promote the in-depth cooperation between universities and enterprises in the field of transformation of scientific and technological achievements and innovation and research and development. 

At the opening ceremony of the meeting, Xu Kaiyu, Director of Science and Technology Development Center of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, delivered a speech. He introduced the basic situation and strategic plan for future development of University-Industry-Research (UIR) cooperation in Shanghai in terms of scientific and technological innovation capability, construction of characteristic disciplines, talent training, construction of a platform for University-Industry-Research (UIR) cooperation, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and development of science and technology in the medical industry, and stressed the need to promote UIR cooperation on the basis of characteristics, relying on science and technology, and with service as the purpose, so as to serve the regional economic and social development.

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Then, Wang Yahong, Executive Vice President of the Eastern National Technology Transfer Center, also gave a speech. He briefly introduced the basic situation and business structure of the Eastern Center and the university technology market, and also explained the original intention of this docking meeting. He also stated that the Eastern Center plans to take technology transfer as the core, take the industrial chain as the main line, cooperate with the development of Yangtze River Delta region and serve the development of China's medical device industry.

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At the meeting, ten experts from medical device industry made detailed introduction of their research results and interacted with the enterprises, which enabled the enterprises to better understand the scientific and technological achievements of universities, enhanced the communication and interaction between universities and enterprises, and jointly discussed the new technology of medical industry, new trends of industrial development, and new ways of industry-university-research docking. In addition, the representatives of the enterprises made speeches on their company overview, main products, market applications and cooperation needs, and fully communicated with the university experts in the field of medical products, channels, industry resources and other aspects of each other to grasp opportunities, in order to achieve in-depth cooperation of the main products or scientific and technological achievements, to achieve the win-win goal of 1+1>2, the scene atmosphere was full of enthusiasm.

At the present stage, universities are gradually developing into the main force of basic research, an important aspect of applied research, and a new force for the industrialization of high and new technology, and university science and technology work has become an important part of the national science and technology innovation system. The transformation of scientific and technological achievements in universities is a complex system project, but also a risky undertaking. All along, Shanghai national university technology market has been committed to the innovation of service model to build a comprehensive technology transfer platform integrating information service, technical service, financial service and professional consulting service. After this medical industry docking activity, Shanghai University Technology Market will hold a series of industry-specific docking meetings, continue to give full play to the human resource advantages of the scientific research team, make full use of its own resources as in the past, build an ecological channel platform for university-enterprise cooperation, better organize and carry out scientific and technological consulting, academic exchanges and industry-university-research cooperation and other activities, effectively improve the efficiency and influence of the transformation of scientific research results, and benchmark with the country. Policy, linking the supply side and demand side of technology, combining online O2O and offline chain, promoting the cooperation between universities and enterprises in the field of technology transfer and joint research and development, to open up important channels for science and technology to enter the market, and continue to promote the process of transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

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